Places ldemid Wants to Go

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.